Meet our Team
We are an experienced group of scientists, engineers, and financial experts who are passionate about bringing the best technologies to market.
Co-Founder, General Partner
Gary Magnant, MS
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Founded / co-founded six companies in the life sciences, leading $244m ($81.1m realized & $163m unrealized) in company value creation
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Serves on 8 company boards
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Created the Venture Engineering model
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​MS Microbiology, Montana State; BS Biology UMass Dartmouth
Cofounder, General Partner
W. Adam Hill, D. Phil
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Former Head of Screening at Novartis, Cambridge; 20 years in Pharma
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Leadership in 5 Start ups, with over $200M raised
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5 years in VC, investing in 6 companies
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D.Phil. Chemistry, Pharmacology, Oxford; Post-Doc Harvard & UConn
General Partner, CEO FVE Foundry
Ajay Verma, MD, PhD
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Former Biotech executive at Biogen, Novartis, Merck, >15 years in Pharma
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Leadership in 3 Biopharma: research, experimental medicine, clin. development
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15 years clinical practice, U.S. Army Neurologist, Walter Reed Military Med. Center
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MD, PhD, Johns Hopkins University, BS Zoology, U. Maryland
Cofounder, Managing Partner
Rahul Bhansali, MBA
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Founded / co-founded three companies in agtech, industrial safety, commodities
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Industrial safety company delivers unparalleled workplace injury reduction (acquired, ~$60m invested), agtech company has 9 years of profitability (15 employees)
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10 years in investment management, project finance, hedge fund risk analytics
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MBA Babson; BS Finance & International Business PennState